Driving Urban Transitions to
a sustainable future
The DUT Partnership steps up the game to tackle urban challenges. Through research and innovation and capacity building, we enable local authorities and municipalities, service and infrastructure providers, and citizens to translate global strategies into local action.
We develop the skills and tools to make urban change happen and boost the urgently needed urban transformations towards a sustainable future with enhanced quality of life in cities.
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Urban Future 25
20-23 May 2025, Łódź, PolandJoin us at the Urban Future conference. This is a place to meet the world’s most passionate urbanist, city leaders and change-makers.
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DUT City Panel
26-27 May, BordeauxThe third DUT City Panel onsite meeting will take place in the City of Bordeaux with the theme of Solidarities in Tackling Environmental and Social Vulnerabilities. We invite the City Panel members to two engaging days of exchange, discussion on urban resilience strategies and related perspectives.
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DUT Projects Event
30 September - 1 October, Milan and onlineDUT invites all projects funded in the first two DUT calls and representatives from involved national funding agencies to a Projects Event that combines a projects kick-off for the Call 23 and a midterm event for call 22. The event will run from 30 September – 1 October in Milan, Italy.
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DUT PED Conference
1 - 3 October, Milan and onlineThe DUT PED Conference will take place from 1-3 October in Milan with the theme of: Positive Energy Futures: From Local PED Pilots to European Practice.
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Training for DUT Projects on Implementing Urban Living Labs
13 May, 13:00 - 15:00 (online)Are you involved in setting up an urban living lab (ULL) (or any other co-creative and experimental approach) in your project and would like to find out how to design it? We got you covered.
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DUT at the Cities Mission Conference
6-8 May, VilniusThe fourth edition of the Cities Mission Conference will be held with the theme of “Harnessing City Successes: Advancing Climate Action for 2030”. The conference is organized by the European Commission and the Mission Platform. DUT will be at the conference to highlight the role and potential of research and innovation projects for impactful climate action.
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Can urban experiments breach the car dominance in cities?
14 April, 12:00 - 13:00 (online)Welcome to a new episode of the Urban lunch talks series. In this episode we will learn more about a theory that explains how transformation of urban systems can take place and thereafter deep dive into the role of experiments to challenge the dominance of cars in cities.
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DUT Call 2023 Projects Kick-off Event (online)
3 April, 13:00 - 15:00 (CET)DUT is inviting all projects funded through the DUT Call 2023, along with representatives from the respective national funding agencies, to an online kick-off event.
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Engaging Citizens in Climate Action
27 March, 12:00-13:00 (CET)In this Urban Lunch Talk we will explore how citizens can be engaged for climate action be it through research and innovation projects or municipal climate offers.
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Workshop for ULL Managers in DUT Projects
19 March, 10:00 – 12:30 (CET), onlineDUT invites urban living lab managers in DUT projects to join the workshop “Experiments for designing radical urban transitions” to exchange perspectives, experiences and ideas. You have the opportunity to share your insights about the requirements to take the big leaps forward towards sustainability and liveability.
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Webinar: Survey about European cities’ work with Urban Nature Plans
11 March, 12:30 – 13:00 (CET), onlineWelcome to a webinar for a survey about the current status, interest, and capacities of EU cities and towns to monitor ambitious Urban Nature Plans and targets.
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Sustainable and Climate-Neutral Cities for Inclusive and Equitable Urban Future
26-28 February, RomeThe Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis of the National Research Council (CNR-IMAA), the Italian National Agency for the New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development (ENEA), and the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA)are organizing the “Research Alliances for Climate-Neutral, Sustainable and Equitable Urban Communities” conference.
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DUT Scientific Consultation Workshop
26 February, 14:00 - 17:30 (CET), RomeThe DUT Scientific Consultation Workshop: Refining the Roadmap Towards Innovative Climate-Neutral Cities takes place in the framework of a three-day UERA conference on Research Alliances for Climate-Neutral, Sustainable, and Equitable Urban Communities on 26 February 2025.
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Production in the City: A Key to a Circular Urban Economy
25 February, 12:00 – 13:00 (CET)In this Urban Lunch Talk we will explore where urban production fits into today’s urban landscape. Do cities still have space for it, do they need it, and what value does it bring?
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AGORA Strategic Dialogue
12 February, 13:00 – 16:00 (CET), onlineInfluenced by the trajectories outlined by the IPCC and biodiversity experts, cities are on the brink of significant changes to ensure liveability for their inhabitants. This workshop invites participants to explore urban life in 2040 through scenarios and futuring methodologies by using diverse personas to bring those distant realities to life.
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Serious gaming as a way of understanding the world
23 January, 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)In this Urban Lunch Talk, we will investigate how serious games can be a useful tool in tackling complex planning situations, to support a better understanding of the issues at stake among stakeholders, help increase the engagement for sustainable urban development and better decision making.
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